Chestnut dunnart vs hooked-pepperwort

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Marsilea
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	hooked-pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

hooked-pepperwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Chestnut dunnart

The Chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a species in the genus Sminthopsis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.